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What does abusively mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word abusively? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
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He doesn't seem to mind that to shout abusively at someone on a one-to-one basis, for no other reason than they disagree with what he's saying, is bad manners.
He practices directing as antithetically and abusively to the author's intentions as perversely possible, reaping kudos from benighted reviewers and audiences alike.
What exactly is the etiquette of sitting next to someone on the train who is noisily and abusively breaking up with their boyfriend on a mobile phone?
A strip search will always be unreasonable if it is carried out abusively or for the purpose of humiliating or punishing the arrestee.
It followed an incident when James's sister, Vicky, was upset when abusively insulted.
It would need to be hateful, not merely irreverent, comment, abusively discriminatory, not merely impious or irreligious.

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